this worth it? i actually just bought one (shoulda asked first, i know, lol) came to 80.xx shipped… is it decent? if it matters, i only want it to store pics/vids/music on.. my laptops built in hd is only 120 gb (i have that in movies alone)
any input? did i mess up?I say not bad. [...]
1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor
1 x Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64BIT
1 x Western Digital SE16 500GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Cache 8.9MS
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM
1 x LG GSA-H55N Black DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 INT IDE 2MB OEM DVD Writer W/ SW
1 x [...]
I want to make sure this system will allow me to play crysis at a reasonable level. (among other things, i would never spend this much for a single game)
I figure you guys know your shit.
Any feedback is appreciated.
Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR-116DBK – OEM
Model #VR-116DBK
Item #:N82E16827129023
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In [...]
for home media server
needs to have 8 ports
<$300 ?
i noobed myself by trying to let the mobo handle the raid.mobo raid from most consumer mobos is fail and aids.
the only mobos that do decent raid are server-grade boards.here’s my recommendation… assuming you mean SATA-II and you have a PCI-Ex4/8/16 slot available.
I have a rocketraid card [...]
Edit: just to clarify, these are upgrades for my computer, i already have a fully built desktop
Okay, so I need a bunch of stuff. I’m going to start with the stuff I’m more sure about than not and work my way down…
1) It’s a socket AM2 system. I have a c2d 2.0ghz laptop, and I [...]
